Seller wants 1031 exchange but no property yet; can I still buy?

[Jessica G.]

Hi everyone - I've found an off-market deal that fits what I'm looking for but the seller doesn't have a property to do a 1031 exchange on yet so he's not quite ready. Is there anything creative we can do here? Some kind of seller financing or option or something?

I'm super new to this so I don't know all the different avenues yet - how can we get this deal done?